Koreatown needs more Korean BBQ restaurants like the 2016 Lakers need more losses. That said, I wasn’t mad to see Magal BBQ arrive. This Korea born chain with over 500 restaurants around the world, primarily in Asia, recently expanded to Los Angeles.

The K-Town branch for Magal BBQ has colorful icons of key ingredients and tabletop grills with compartments for molten kimchi eggs and creamed corn. Combos are the way to go, particularly Pork ($49.99 and up). Sure, skirt meat, belly, and boneless short rib were tasty, but the bite of the night went to the special pork neck. Fat-rimmed strips seared on the grill, straddling the line between crispy and crunchy. Dipped in a dish of coarse sea salt seemed to work best. Of all the meats I ate with my wife and friends, this is the cut I could see ordering in full on my next visit.

Dose of Vitamin P spotlights my favorite pork dish from the previous week.